We are faced with societies that prefer to deny that young people have sex at all, despite the evidence of very real results.
Young pregnant women are expelled from school, others are killed by their male relatives.
Young women are resorting to backstreet abortion, the level of sexually transmitted infections is increasing and the under 25s account for half of all new HIV infections.
To find out how we work with young people on all of the issues that concern them, choose from the following:
Abortion- about the right to choose and
have access to safe abortion
HIV and AIDS - about dynamic new approaches to
this epidemic that involve young people
Rights - about giving young people the
right to make responsible decisions
Sexuality - about the right to a happy,
healthy sex life
ippf/youth - a manifesto
A Rights-based Approach - CD-ROM
Our CD-ROM guide to implementing a rights-based approach in Youth programmes.
Working Group reports
Every year, IPPF's Youth team gather to share ideas and generate new plans on an issue that is pertinent to the sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda.
The following Youth Working Group reports are the outcome of meetings between central and regional staff with young volunteers from a number of our Member Associations.
8th Youth Working Group Report: Young men
23-24 April 2007
7th Youth Working Group Report: Young People & Advocacy
3-5 October 2005
6th Youth Working Group Report: Young People & Sexual Orientation
24-26 November 2004
5th Youth Working Group Report: Young People & Abortion
26-28 November 2003
4th Youth Working Group Report: Young People & HIV/AIDS
12-13 November 2002